Ed ward emil lederle



(No Model.)

E. E. LEDERLE.

DINNER'BUGKBT.

w Y v H/1 G WITNESSES- 55,06/ A UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD EMIL LEDEELE, or` AUSTIN, TEXAS, AssIGNoE or oNEnALE To I. STEINa co., or sAME PLACE.

DINNER-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent :No7 353,147, datedNovember 23, 1886.

Application iiled April 30,1886.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD EMIL LEDEELE,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Austin, in the countyof Travis and State of'lexas, have invented ce1-tain new and usefulImprovements in Dinner-Buckets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to Io which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specifica tion, and in wliioh Figure l is aperspective View of my improved dinner-bucket. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the saine. -Figx 3 is a perspective view of thecarrying-frame; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the portions formingthe handle, showing them separated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of dinnervbuckets in which anumber of vessels are placed one above the other, resting with ianges atthe bottom of one vessel over the edges of the vessel below, and inwhich the said vessels are held together by means of a frame consistingof uprights bearing against the sides of the vessels and securedtogether at the upper ends, forming ahandle; and it con- Sists intheimproved construction and combination of parts ofthe same, ashereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accon'ipanying drawings, the letters A indicate the vessels,which are cylindrical4 and provided at the bottoms with flanges B,curved slightly outward and downward and fitting over the upper edges ofthesides of the vessel below, the vessels being placed one 4o above theother, and the upper vessel is pro vided with a cover, C, having ilangesD,simi lar to the flanges of the vessels.

The lower ends, E, of two long bails, F, are bent inward and are pivotedin sleeves or bearings G, formed at the diainetrically-opposite edges ofa square plate, H, and the upper doubled portions of these bails arebent slightly toward each other, as shown at Ithe portions below thebent ends forming up- 5o rights J, which bear against the sides of theSerial No. 20,T5S. (No model.)

vessels, and the bars K, formed at the upper ends of the bails, are ofthe same width as the sleeves in which the lower ends of the bails arepivoted. One of these bars has the portions L of the inclined ends ofthe bails bent upward or outward near the bars, and the other bar hasthe inner end of a curved plate,

M, pivoted upon it, with a sleeve, N, formed by the inner end of theplate, the remainder of the plate being curved around so as to form 6o acurved flange, O.

Vhen the two bails are placed at the sides of the pile of vessels placedone above the other, the lower vessel resting upon the square plate, theoutwardly-bent end of the one bail may be inserted between the inclinedportions of the opposite bail, placing the bar of the bail parallel tothe bar having the sleeve, and the curved flange of the sleeve may, byturning the sleeve upon the bar, engage the bar 7o of the opposite bailand draw the said bar within it, uniting the bars and holding the upperends of the bails together, forming a handle for the supporting-frameformed by the two bails and the plate. It will thus be seen that thevessels may be held supported one above the other by the uprights of thebails `without needing any ears or loops at their sides for uprights orstraps to4 pass through, and the flanges at the bottoms of the 8ovessels will prevent any of the contents vfrom splashing out of thevessels or any impurities, fluid or solid, from entering the vesselsfrom the outside.

The upper ends of the bails may be easily S5 united or separated bysimply turning the sleeve having the curved dange, and the curved flangewill form a round handle, by which the entire device may be carried.

Having thus described my invention, yI claim 9o base plate havingsleeves upon two of its opposite edges,two reotangulanshapedbailssecured at one end in said sleeves, the upper ends of each of said hailsbeing bent inward or toward each other, the upper end of one of saidbails being shorter than the other and bent slightly upward, and meansfor securing the upper ends of said bails together.

3. In a dinner-bucket, the combination of a base-plate having sleevesupon two of its opposite Sides7 rectangular-shaped bails secured attheir lower ends in said sleeves and havingtheir upper ends bent inward,the upper end of one ofsaid bails being shorter than the other,

and a plate secured to the longer of said hails I5 my own I havehereunto affixed my signature 2o in presence of two witnesses.

EDVARD EMIL LEDERLE.

Vitnesses:

Jon B. WINN, J. W. HOWARD.

